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Russia’s FESCO Transportation Group has dispatched the first container train fully loaded with 40-foot flexi-tanks from Omsk to China via Kazakhstan, the company has said.
A flexitank is a single-use, flexible bladder designed to fit inside a standard shipping container for transporting non-hazardous liquids. It is a cost-effective alternative to drums, intermediate bulk carriers (IBCs), or ISO tanks for moving large volumes of liquids like juices, oils, and certain chemicals. Flexitanks are generally not suitable for dangerous goods and are designed for one-way shipments.
The train, carrying 62 40-foot containers of rapeseed oil, departed from Karbyshevo station in Omsk on November 22. It will then transit Kazakhstan and arrive in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province in Southwest China. The journey will take about 14 days. Rapeseed oil is used for cooking.
In August this year, FESCO developed its own flexi-tank model specifically designed to transport non-hazardous bulk cargo in forty-foot containers and prepared local technical specifications for the placement and fastening of sealed liners in containers.
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